feel his sympathy kindle. There is no | secutions and oppressions have done; "The poor have the gospel preached to them." From the foregoing facts it is evident that the French Baptists are not wanting in devotion to the cause of God,-they want ability alone. Give them that, and they will do what is necessary. But in this respect, I see no prospect of a speedy, nor yet nearly approaching independence of the churches now existing, or of those which may hereafter be organized in different places; I am too well acquainted with the work to expect any such thing. All speculations, calculations and prophecies upon this subject are utterly futile. When it shall please God to pour out his Spirit upon this land, and to convert many, and such as are able, then may the French Baptists be expected to carry on the work alone. This is to be effected not by a | and duty of repentance," from Ps. miracle, not by sitting down and cal- 51: 17;-"The importance of present culating, but by long and laborious obedience in religion," from James effort. May the Lord hasten the day 1: 22;-"The death of the righteous' when not only here, but in other coun- and the wicked," from Num. 23:10, tries, the converted nations may be and "The conversion of Saul of Tarfully competent in all respects to do sus," - treated in several discourses. their own work. But that day is yet There has been no appearance of opdistant; in the ordinary course of position, either to the preaching or to things its approach can be hastened the Sabbath school which is conductonly by efforts and by prayer. ed by Mrs. Buel. But you I will allow me to express the opinion that the hardest of the battle has been fought. Difficulties remain enough to try the faith and patience of any who may be called to labor here; but many very serious ones can no more exist.-And if the American brethren would reap the fruits of past toil here, they must decide to give some time longer, to give liberally and with faith, accompanying their donations with earnest prayer,in fine they must decide to meet the exigencies of the case. There is no end to the opportunities for evangelizing,-nothing is wanting but suitable men and enough of them. These men we must form ourselves. There never was a more difficult field to evangelize, -not every man is capable of laboring to effect here; but if the brethren will steadily pursue this work with a liberal hand and a judicious spirit, the result will be sure and glorious. There are bright visions before us; but there are also dark clouds lowering around us. Never has this mission been in a more perilous position than for some months past, though in the midst of its greatest prosperity. God alone can avert evil, and continue and augment that prosperity. Beloved brethren, forget us not. My correspondence with John, at Patras, indicates in him a stability of Christian character, and a zeal for the conversion of others, which leads us to thank God on his behalf. I am supplying him occasionally with scriptures and tracts, which he makes a good use of. About a dozen persons are united with him in the study of the scriptures on the Sabbath. Hydra, its population, character and products -Scripture illustration. In the month of November I visited Hydra, distant about forty miles, in company with Mrs. Buel, whose health has been unusually good since her recovery from the short illness in August. I made arrangements at Hydra for the distribution of tracts, which have since been sent to that island. It was gratifying to find in the schools the same testaments that I sent them a year or two ago; also the "Mother at Home," and similar tracts, as reading books in the girls' schools. Hydra is peopled by about 12,000 Albanians, which is only a third of the population which it had during the Greek revolution, when the city, protected by an active and valiant navy, was the common refuge from the Turks. They boast, with some truth, that Greece, without them, could never have achieved its independence. The Hydriotes have now a great portion of the carrying trade between the Black Sea and the western parts of the Mediterranean. GREECE.-Letter of Mr. Buel. Sabbath services-The assistant at Patras. Piræus, Feb. 8, 1849. Since the date of my letter of the 28th of October, I have preached in Greek every other Sabbath, except when attendance has occasionally been hindered by extremely bad weather, or some extraordinary feast day. My audience, last Lord's day, amounted to ten Greeks; which number has rarely been exceeded on any previous occasion. Among some of my hearers there appears to be a growing attention to the things that are spoken; more than this I do not feel justified in saying. Among the sub-nian race. jects discoursed upon, are "The nature The Albanian tongue is quite unintelligible to a Greek. No book has ever been published in it, except the New Testament; and this in a characThis ter invented for the purpose. testament will never be used, as the Greek is the only language taught in their schools, or used in writing. The admixture of Latin words in the Albanian is a trace of the old Roman dominion in Illyria and Dalmatia, which are still the principal seat of the Alba The town of Hydra, a mass of snow white buildings, encircling a small, but | partly to the charitable purpose of furvery deep harbor, rises like an amphi-nishing dowries to orphan girls. theatre upon the foot of a mountain, saw in this church, among a number bald, rocky, and precipitous, upon the of other paintings, the picture of the summit of which is perched a monas- Holy Trinity. A portion of the picture tery some thousand feet above the sea. of St. John the Baptist was completely The town is wholly built of stone, and effaced by the kisses of its worshippers. kept beautifully whitewashed. The To-day, for the first time since comwomen are famed for their attention to ing to this country, have we seen neatness and cleanliness. Spacious, snow, except on the mountains. The lofty and elegantly furnished rooms in-ground is white, and the snow is falldicate the wealth of many of the Hy-ing rapidly; such a thing has not been driote families. Most of the houses seen in Attica since the winter of have cisterns hewn deeply in the rock, 1839. and filled by the rains from the terraced roofs, or by the mountain torrents, that wash the pavements and flow off in arched channels beneath the buildings. A single night's rain would suffice to undermine the side of a house that "was not founded on a rock." Vegetation on the island is so scanty that the flocks of goats, not finding enough to subsist upon, are carried, in summer, across the channel to the opposite coast, about five miles distant, whence also the town is supplied with vegetables. But the thyme, the same shrub that clothes Hymettus and other mountains in Greece, covers the nakedness of the rocks, giving the island an appearance of verdure. The thyme is claimed exclusively by the bees, and it yields, in abundance, the best of honey. The olive, which seems to love likewise the burnt rocks of the mountain side, once shaded the island, supplying the inhabitants with oil and olives. But few of the trees are now to be seen clinging to the cliffs and crags. They were cut down by order of the nomarch, because they were the source of constant litigation. It is true of many of the islands of the Archipelago, that the olive and the thyme yield an unfailing supply of oil and honey, even where the thin and rocky surface resists all the labors of the husbandman. Do we not find here the true illustration of that passage in the song of Moses, (Deut. 32:13, 14,) where, along with the increase of the fields, the flocks, the herds and the vine, it is promised to Israel, that the barren and untilled rock shall afford him the luxuries of honey and oil? "And he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock." One of the churches in Hydra is said to be the richest in Greece. Its resources are principally drawn from an extensive estate on the opposite coast. These treasures are devoted CHEROKEES.-Letter of Mr. Jones. (Continued from p. 63.) Protracted Meeting at Cherokee—Baptisms. The series of meetings of which the following extracts give the closing scenes, commenced on the previous Tuesday. May 20, 1848. Saturday night twenty-two came forward for prayer. We had quite profitable exercises; much tenderness of feeling was manifested. On Sabbath the congregation was large and serious. The number under serious impressions was increased. After the morning exercises, we repaired to the water, where I had the privilege to baptize, in the name of the adorable Trinity, five Cherokees, two males and three females; some of them are unusually interesting and promising. In the evening the sacrament of the Lord's Supper was administered by brn. Upham and Downing. During the administration of the ordinance and the exercises following, which were addressed to the impenitent and the anxious, the serious impressions appeared to be greatly deepened. Br. Downing gave invitation for prayer and conversation, and quite a company came up; thirty-five at least. A most interesting, tender, and solemn season. Conversed shortly with each of them, and spent a good while in prayer with them, both in English and Cherokee. Our God has been good and gracious to us beyond all our anticipations. On Tuesday, May 30, our native brethren came to attend our two monthly meeting, and stayed till Thursday. Their reports were encouraging in a high degree. Our venerable and devoted br. Buttrick, of the Mission of the American Board, came on Wednesday, but was too feeble to preach the same night. His presence, however, has always a cheering and invigorating influence on our devotional feelings. We are all thankful that the Lord spares him among this people so long. On Thursday night he preached a thorough and excellent discourse from 1 John, 3:2, 3: "Beloved, now are we the sons of God," &c. Friday, June 16. Started for Delaware town, to attend their two days' meeting. Had a most comfortable and affectionate interview with the members of the church. On Saturday, at night especially, I could not but believe that many present received new spiritual vigor into their souls. On Sabbath morning, June 18th, at early prayer, expounded part of the 17th chapter of John with much comfort, and the Holy Spirit seemed to press on the hearts, especially of the pious part of the assembly, the gracious displays of the love of Christ in that precious portion of his word. The exercises of the day were profitable. Our native brethren spoke with great affection, and the presence of God was evidently enjoyed by those who believed. At night, especially, all minds appeared to be affected; even the habitually careless seemed to have their attention arrested, the eye fixed; and often the starting tear evinced alarm. At night, gracious impressions seemed to pervade the whole assembly, (which crowd Dsiyohee church-Church at Delaware. On Friday, June 2d, several of us, with Rev. Mr. Buttrick, went together to Dsiyohee, he to visit the members of his late church, and we to attend the two days' meeting and communion season at the Dsiyohee church. The places of worship being but a short distance apart, it was agreed to meet all together at Mr. Buttrick's place on Saturday, and at the Baptist place on the Sabbath. We had a pleasant and profitable season. Br. Buttrick preached for us on Sabbath morning. After the morning exercises, the members of his church retired to their own place to attend their communion, and we re-ed to overflowing the house, sixty feet mained at the Baptist meeting-house. There was a good congregation, and much seriousness. The attention to preaching in this vicinity is quite encouraging. We have meetings at home as often as we can. I trust the Lord has yet much people here. The darkness of many, however, is so great, that they need to have line upon line and precept upon precept pressed on their attention. by thirty,) while contemplating the power of God unto salvation, as marked along all the stream of time, in every land, in circumstances of persecution, poverty, sickness, happy deathbeds, and reaching onward to the judgment day, and into the depths of the eternal future. (To be continued.) ers 68, including 26 ordained missionaries, 7 American and 6 native helpers, and 26 females. 5. American Methodist Episcopal Missionary Society, 1819, Boston. Laborers 164. Stations 67. 6. Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Episcopal Church in the United States, 1820, New York. Laborers 94. Stations 26. 7. American Lutheran Missionary Society, 1841. Laborer 1. Station 1. 8. Freewill Baptist Missionary Society. Dover, N. H. 9. Seventh Day Baptist Missionary Society. 10. American Missionary Society, New York. 11. American Baptist Free Mission Society, Utica, N. Y. 12. American Society for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Jews, 1820, New York. 13. Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians and others in North America, Boston. 14. American Indian Mission Association, Louisville, Ky. England. 33. The Society for Evangelical Missions among People not Christians, estab 15. Society for the Promotion of Chris-lished at Paris, 1824, Paris. Laborers 17. tian Knowledge, 1698, London. 16. Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, 1701, London. Laborers 386. Stations 341. 17. English Baptist Missionary Society, 1792, London. Laborers 327, including 183 native helpers. Stations 186. 18. General Baptist Missionary Society, 1821. Laborers 26, including 13 native helpers. Stations 9. Stations 10. 34. Society of the Friends of Israel, 1831, Toulouse. 35. Society for the Propagation of the Gospel among the Jews, 1835, Strasburg. Laborer 1. 10. Netherlands. 36. Netherlands Missionary Society, 19. London Missionary Society, 1795, 1797, Rotterdam. Laborers 25. Stations London. Laborers 782, embracing 160 European and 82 native ordained missionaries, and 40 European and 500 native helpers. Stations 133. 20. Church Missionary Society, 1801, London. Laborers 1263, including 177 Europeans and 1086 natives. Stations 92. 21. English Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, 1766. Laborers 645, including 327 helpers. Stations 245. 22. Welsh and Foreign Missionary Society, 1841. Laborers 2. Station 1. 23. London Jews' Society, 1808, London. Laborers 62. Stations 23. 24. British Mission among the Jews, 1843, London. 25. Ladies' Society, for the Education of the Female Sex, London. Female laborers 26. Stations 21. Germany and Switzerland. 38. Evangelical Missionary Society, 39. Society for the Promotion of Evangelical Missions among the Heathen, 1824, Berlin. Laborers 24. Stations 6. 40. Jenicke-Rückert Missionary Institution, 1800, Berlin. 41. Evangelical Missionary Union for the Propagation of the Gospel among the Heathen, 1836, Berlin. Laborers 70 (chiefly mechanics). Stations 8. 42. Rhenish Missionary Society, 1828, Barmen. Laborers 34. Stations 18. 43. Evangelical Lutheran Missionary Laborers in all 3,519. Stations in all Society, 1836, Dresden. Laborers 7. 1,051. Stations 5. t |